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April 21, 2010

Petersburg Tram-Mechanical Factory OJSC is manufacturing first three trams of model 71-153 for St. Petersburg state unitary enterprise Gorelektrotrans.

The St. Petersburg car manufacturers will produce, in total, 15 trams for our town this year. All the trams are to be delivered by late September 2010.

This model of tram was mastered in 2008. Such trams are equipped to carry persons with disabilities; they meet up-to-date requirements to implement energy saving technologies and have successfully operated on the routes of the city of St. Petersburg and other Russian cities, such as Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, and Tula.

April 13, 2010

Between 5 and 12 April the official delegation of St. Petersburg headed by the Governor V.I. Matviyenko visited the countries of Latin America

On April 8, 2010 Valentina Matviyenko met and held talks with the Mayor of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Mauricio Macri. The official delegation among others included Director General of VAGONMASH CJSC Andrey Kabanov and executive director Svyatoslav Afanasyev. The meeting discussed cooperation between the cities, including the field of city transport. The Governor presented the St. Petersburg enterprise VAGONMASH and invited the leadership of the city to buy cars made in St. Petersburg. Mauricio Macri expressed willingness to develop the established contacts. The talks were held in a constructive and friendly atmosphere.

Following the meeting an agreement on inter-city cooperation in different areas, particularly in the field of city transport was signed.

The management of VAGONMASH CJSC also held talks with the President of the Buenos Aires Metro, Juan Pablo Piccardo, where the practicalities of the cooperation organization to supply the Russian cars to Argentina were being decided.

February 24, 2010

VAGONMASH CJSC has fulfilled its obligations under the contract for manufacture of modernized postal cars for the federal state unitary enterprise Post of Russia (FSUE Post of Russia). All ten cars supplied for the Russian Post by the enterprise during January and February are ready for operation.

Upon the request and with the assistance of FSUE Post of Russia in 2005 the enterprise developed and launched production of a new postal car model taking into account all the modern requirements as to a car and the work of the staff, including suitable equipment for processing of mail on its way, air conditioning system and other technological innovations.

VAGONMASH CJSC expects further effective cooperation with FSUE Post of Russia as regards supplies of new equipment.

January 11, 2010

VAGONMASH CJSC signed the contract on the delivery of 10 mail cars to Russian Post Federal State Unitary Enterprise (“FSUE Russian Post”).

In 2005, under the order and with the assistance of FSUE Russian Post, the company developed and put into production a mail car which met all current requirements set both to the car and to the work of staff, including the availability of convenient equipment for processing of post items on the way, air conditioning system and other technical innovations. Thus, FSUE Russian Post that initiated the resumption of the domestic production of mail cars last purchased cars in 2006.

At the end of 2009, it was decided to renew the cooperation, and under the contract concluded all cars shall be delivered in 1Q 2010.